· Private foundation
Joseph & Elizabeth Hoffart Charitable Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- $10k–50k10 grants · $275k
- $50k–250k3 grants · $200k
- $250k+1 grant · $375k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| GOOD SAMARITAN HEALTH SERVICE FOUNDATION | $375,000 |
| HEART OF OREGON CORPS | $100,000 |
| PERRY TECHNICAL INSTITUTE | $50,000 |
| MOUNT RUSHMORE SOCIETY | $50,000 |
| LITTLE FLOWER CHURCH | $45,000 |
| FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN CENTRAL OREGON | $40,000 |
| DE LA SALLE NORTH CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL | $30,000 |
| OREGON TECH FOUNDATION | $30,000 |
| BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF CENTRAL OR | $30,000 |
| NDSU FOUNDATION | $30,000 |
| ST ANDREW NATIVITY SCHOOL | $20,000 |
| OREGON HUMANE SOCIETY | $20,000 |
| CASCADE POLICY INSTITUTE | $15,000 |
| RUGBY DOLLARS FOR SCHOLARS | $15,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY18–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 97% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +53% since the first grant, against +7% for those funded once.
21 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $95k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- BPBend Park and Recreation Foundation2× · 2023–2024 · $250k · revenue ×11 · 48% of their budget
- FOFRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN5× · 2018–2022 · $126k · revenue +213%
OREGON TECH FOUNDATION INC7× · 2019–2025 · $120k · revenue +53%
Funded once
- PVPRAIRE VILLAGE MUSEUMone grant, 2021 · $25k
- PPPORTLAND PARKS FOUNDATIONone grant, 2024 · $25k · revenue 0%
FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN-PORTLANDone grant, 2023 · $20k · revenue +7%
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
The oregon center for public policy's mission is to achieve economic justice for all oregonians through research, analysis, and advocacy. ocpp works to change policies that foster economic security and stability for all oregonians. we do…
The mission of The Oregon Community Foundation is to improve lives of all Oregonians through the power of philanthropy.
The foundation raises private donations and manages investments for the future use of friends of the children-portland program. friends of the children-portland provides long-term mentors to portland's most vulnerable children.
Oregon Wild works to protect and restore Oregon's wildlands, wildlife and waters as an enduring legacy for future generations.
Ensuring the gorge remains a vibrant, living place wondrous, wild, and accessible for all is at the core of what we do. friends of the columbia gorge works to protect, preserve, and steward the columbia gorge for future generations.
To foster community pride and involvement in the oregon zoo and to secure financial support for the zoo's conservation, education and animal well-being programs.
The mission of the oregon garden foundation is to advance the growth and sustainability of the oregon garden, through philanthropy and thoughtful oversight.
Raising funds for programs and projects that enhance the experience of using oregon's parks and forests.
The Mission of the Foundation for Portland Public Schools is to be a catalyst for increased educational opportunities, achievement, and equity for all Portland Public Schools students and staff.
We commit to standing alongside our community's youth as they work to overcome barriers to success. each child receives 1:1 support and guidance from a salaried, professional mentor (called a friend), from kindergarten through high school…
Friends of outdoor school connects, supports, and advocates for all of oregon's diverse students to learn at inclusive and accessible outdoor school programs that contribute to educational development, inspire youth, promote personal…
Oregon humanities is an independent nonprofit organization formed in 1978. oregon humanities connects people and communities through conversation, storytelling, and participatory programs to inspire understanding and collaborative change.…
How this is measured
14 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 14 of the 27 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds Bend Park and Recreation Foundation ↗
- Who funds SUNRIVER NATURE CENTER & OBSERVATORY INC ↗
- Who funds HEART OF OREGON CORPS INC ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN ↗
- Who funds OREGON TECH FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds North Dakota State University Foundation ↗
- Who funds OREGON HUMANE SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN- CENTRAL OREGON ↗
- Who funds CASCADE POLICY INSTITUTE ↗
- Who funds MOUNT RUSHMORE NATIONAL MEMORIAL SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds HIGH DESERT MUSEUM ↗
- Who funds PORTLAND PARKS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN-PORTLAND ↗
- Who funds NORTH DAKOTA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: The Oregon Community Foundation · M J Murdock Charitable Trust · Maybelle Clark Macdonald Fund · The Autzen Foundation · Marie Lamfrom Charitable Foundation Trust · Walker Family Foundation · The Robert D and Marcia H Randall Charitable Trust · James F & Marion L Miller Foundation · Juan Young Trust · The Roundhouse Foundation · The Ford Family Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Joseph & Elizabeth Hoffart Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Joseph & Elizabeth Hoffart Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Heart of Oregon Corps Inc: 28% of income from government
- Friends of the Children- Central Oregon: 16% of income from government
- High Desert Museum: 11% of income from government
- Friends of the Children-Portland: 5% of income from government
How this is measured
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